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Argentina holds rich copper deposits in the mountainous north along the Chilean border, but, unlike its mining powerhouse neighbour, has not built power lines and roads needed for new projects backed by miners such as BHP and Rio Tinto.
Brazil vowed Thursday to combat U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on its exports, saying it intends to lodge appeals if last-ditch negotiations fail.
As the United States plans to impose hefty tariffs on imported copper Friday, an economic and policy analyst says Canada will be spared from duties for now as the U.S. targets Chinese producers.
The United States will impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper pipes and wiring, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, but details of the levy fell short of the sweeping restrictions expected and left out copper input materials such as ores, concentrates and cathodes.
Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
A major oilsands company is said to be preparing a competitive bid for MEG Energy Corporation setting up the stage to challenge a lucrative offer from Strathcona Resources, as reported in the Financial Post.
The safety chief for the operator of a British Columbia mine where three workers are trapped underground says natural air is flowing to them.
Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will be raising U.S. retail prices later this fall.
The head of Canadian gold development firm Osisko says the company’s Cariboo Gold Project in central B.C. highlights the critical role mining can play in providing economic benefits to Canadians during uncertain times.
Alberta is paying out more than $140 million to end one of five lawsuits launched against it over its coal mining policies.
A commodities expert expects the price of oil to fall as energy producers ramp up supply while countries around the world brace for less severe tariffs from U.S President Donald Trump‘s administration.
An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is reportedly up for sale.
Canadian farmers are likely to produce average-size wheat and canola crops this autumn, but years of drought have made rain critical for the plants to fulfill their potential, farmers and analysts said this week at the Ag in Motion farm show.
Mark Carney opened Thursday’s First Nations major projects summit trying to turn the page, but attendees were quick to say that it’s going to take more than one meeting to build consensus around Ottawa’s plans to rapidly develop new energy and infrastructure projects.
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says government intervention will be necessary for the Canadian steel industry’s survival, as U.S. tariffs continue to threaten it.
The global flow of metals and minerals is being significantly impacted by geopolitical tensions and a growing deglobalization trend, according to one expert, who says commodity trading is becoming less efficient and more costly.
